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Not Now, Bernard

by David McKee

Ages 4–7 Reading age 5 Picture book Set in everyday life wrystrange

Bernard tries to tell his parents there is a monster in the garden. They are too busy to look, so the monster eats him and takes his place at teatime.

A story about children, families and magical creatures, wry and strange in tone. We would put it with children of 4–7, and at a reading age of about 5 for reading alone.

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